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Writing – DESIRE in CHAINS

David Raffin

Journal of. Published under the auspices of the HiSky* Trust, founded 1957 to promote disorder. (*Hiss-Key)

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Backhanded compliment

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2016/05/26

H.G. Wells went to the theater with Charles Chaplin. It was an early sound film and Chaplin fidgeted in his seat all the way through it. When it was over Chaplin said, “It was a terrible film.” “Yes,” said Wells. “But there was talking. And that’s enough for me.” My own personal favorite backhanded compliment was a letter I received which simply said, “Sometimes I love you.” [amazon asin=B009U9SABS&template=iframe image]

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A short list of things we can’t afford anymore (a poem)

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2016/03/31

Can’t afford the status quo of War, Big Business Giveaways, Private Prisons, Institutionalized Racism, Unregulated Healthcare, College Loans. Can’t afford the lack of a Living Wage. Can’t afford Outsourcing, Offshoring, Free Trade shenanigans. Can’t afford businesses declaring everyone an independent contractor. Can’t afford driving a personal car into the ground for someone else to profit. Can’t afford the shifting of the burden to the bottom. Can’t afford payday

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Don’t look for the silver lining

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2016/03/30

I distrust people who see a silver lining in every cloud. I’m not a scientist but I’m pretty sure a silver lining to every cloud would be a sign of some serious ecological problem. I know the silver industry says up to ninety percent of the earth’s atmosphere can be safely composed of powdered silver, but I have lingering doubts. These doubts nag at me. The studies they cite, some of them, appear to be tobacco industry studies with the word “tobacco” crossed out and replaced with the word “sugar,”

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Desire in Chains

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2016/03/13

You love me, she said. You love me. Just admit you love me. But she was too early. Because I didn’t love her yet. And then it was too late. There aren’t enough containers in the world to hold all of your desires. We have a container deficit. Desire, uncontained! Desire, lost!

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My disagreement with the queen

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2016/01/25

Artist: I need a muse. Queen: We are not a muse. Artist: All is forlorn! Queen: Amuse us! Artist: But I am without a muse! Queen: Amuse us then with a tragedy. Artist: This is the story of an artist without a muse. Queen: I’ve already heard that one. Unreasonable expectations at the palace.

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Full metal jacket, update

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2015/12/12

Sergeant: “Texas?! There are only two types from Texas, boy, steers and queers. Which are you?” Private Joker: “Queer.” Sergeant: “All right then.” [amazon asin=B00005ATQF&template=iframe image]

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Hermitages

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2015/11/17

This is a true story. In the old days wealthy estates would set up a Hermitage. In the hermitage would live one hermit. The Hermitage would be set up on the outskirts of the estate, probably near the entrance. Visitors entering the estate would be able to see the Hermitage, and possibly the hermit, actively pursuing the hermit lifestyle. But they would not speak to the hermit for the hermit was paid to hermit. Modern life is different. But the same.

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Legalized foot cream

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2015/08/12

A few days ago I went to one of the local marijuanna outlets and bought some cannabis infused ginger cayenne cream. A year ago I hurt my foot bicycling and it has since been examined x-rayed and pronounced afflicted with neuroma, nerve pain. According to bicycling magazine website, a common bicycling injury. So I bought cannabis cream. And I have rubbed it into the small area afflicted. And it seems to be having an effect. For one thing, my foot now smells like cannabis. *May also be

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Christian Cake; Gay Cake | Food Fight

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2015/07/11

Some Christian bakers who open bakeries to sell cake do not want to sell cake to gay customers. Picky, picky, picky. What makes evangelical Christians go into cake businesses anyway? Is it that much of a rush to deny cake to people? Evangelical Cakegasm. “Follow our rules or no one gets cake” will never work. The code for cake was cracked long ago. Now anyone can make it. (Cake has risen.) Forbidden cake tastes just like cake. You can’t fool me. With cake. You know, the gays

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Banality + evil = Bill Cosby

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2015/07/09

This is my official stance on Bill Cosby: I never enjoyed Bill Cosby. His act always put me to sleep.

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Do not tell ’em Show ’em. Or t’other way ’round....

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2015/07/07

Due to the heat I have written you a poem: All the fishes in the sea have sent a letter addressed to me. Mostly they were just interested in saying “hi” but also expressing a wish that we eat more pie. For the best pies are made from the fruit of the trees and do not contain anything which swims in the seas. I wrote them back to ask “Why me?” And they said, “We got your name from a bumblebee.” “Ah,” said I, “I know it* well.”

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There is nothing civil about this war

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2015/06/30

Since Bree Newsome took down the Confederate battle flag isn’t she a war hero? A living civil war veteran? She, with the help of Jimmy Tyson scaled the flagpole at the capitol of South Carolina and removed the Confederate battle flag placed there because the state of South Carolina is unhappy that they are forced to live in a multicultural society. A group of supporters observed from the ground. But the state of South Carolina put the flag back up less than an hour later. In time for an

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Xirt yo’self

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2015/06/29

I have a rabbit on each shoulder. I know what you’re thinking: “One is good one is evil.” But you’re wrong. They’re both evil. They are both white rabbits and they get a lot of mileage out of this. There is a certain trust engendered in the white rabbit by society, as people are trained from an early age to follow them wherever they may lead without asking any questions, even if we all end up in a bunker far underground. It makes me hopping mad! But I always feel I am

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The ghosts of vinyl past and digital presents

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2015/06/23

In the old days I would frequent record shops and select albums by their covers. This worked out more often then you would think. I judged them by the cover, front and back. Things I miss about albums are their smell and their design elements. The smell of new records as well as, and more importantly, the smell of old. Just like books, records have an attractive smell, and the old ones smell the best. Like books you are smelling the slow decomposition of the paper and cardboard, which I am assured

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Motives and motifs

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2015/06/18

In my upcoming release “At the Existential Sandwich Shop,” like the previous “Perils of Free Thought,” I talk intermittently of bears and robots. That is because I am a robot bear. Thank you in advance for your understanding. There is also a reoccurring motif of baloons.

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Hitler brand ice cream

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2015/06/07

In India they have Hitler ice cream. The business professor came into class, sat his books down and stared at his students. He waited a few moments, then said, in a loud and clear voice, “The first rule in business is never name your product line after Hitler.” One of the students was incredulous. “Is this something that really has to be taught?” The business professor looked to the side sardonically. Another student asked, “What if it’s really clever?”

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Banana facts

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2015/06/06

The banana is a berry. It is mildly radioactive. It is often the subject of lowbrow humor. Consuming banana may alter dopamine levels. In Thailand they are said to be haunted.

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What is good

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2015/05/31

Flipped through a marketing book. I don’t have much love for either marketing or self-help books. I always marvel at how they take so many pages to say so little. Once I skimmed through a book filled with “information” and condensed it down to two pages. Sprinkled over 300 odd pages were two pages of useful information. Anyway, the marketing book said this: (and I am paraphrasing it better than they did) “In todays world to be mediocre is to be good, to be competent is to be

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Searches at the Spaceport

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2015/05/27

At the end of every space mission the astronauts are debriefed. If they are clear of any space fungus their pants are then returned to them. Referring to the invasive space fungus as “space mushrooms” is completely inaccurate. A sentient fungus which loves pants is no mushroom. I was promised a moon colony, a Mars colony, and a one world government. And instead of this, every time I reenter Earth’s jurisdiction, even after only leaving for a day or two, I have to surrender my

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Circles

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2015/05/19

The test says “Do not spend too much time on any one question. If you do not know the answer, guess. Guessing will not be held against you.” How can they say guessing will not be held against you? It makes no sense. The questions are multiple choice. If you guess you have a one-in-four chance of choosing the right answer and a three-in-four chance of choosing the wrong answer. If you choose the wrong answer that will be held against you. Therefore, should you guess, there is a three-in-four chance

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